Lee Scratch Perry – Rainford (Vinyl)
What puts Rainford so far above recent outings is how disciplined it is. Adrian Sherwood isn’t scared, in classically democratic dub style, to make Perry’s vocals one more part of the mix, not the obvious star of the show. It allows for the expected stream-of-consciousness and apparently random subject-matter to holistically merge with the production, softening what can grate over an entire album.
Most significantly, it means Perry’s well-trodden themes of vampirism, capitalism, Catholicism (“I kick the Pope in his arse”), judgment, retribution and his multiple identities all put in appearances, but in these circumstances forsake the same old disembodied ranting for dub-wise logic. This remarkable return to form has Lee Perry making sense, relatively speaking. (Guardian)
Tracklist:
A1 Cricket On The Moon 4:35
A2 Run Evil Spirit
A3 Let It Rain
A4 House Of Angels
A5 Makumba Rock
B1 African Starship 4:06
B2 Kill Them Dreams Money Worshippers
B3 Children Of The Light
B4 Autobiography Of The Upsetter
What puts Rainford so far above recent outings is how disciplined it is. Adrian Sherwood isn’t scared, in classically democratic dub style, to make Perry’s vocals one more part of the mix, not the obvious star of the show. It allows for the expected stream-of-consciousness and apparently random subject-matter to holistically merge with the production, softening what can grate over an entire album.
Most significantly, it means Perry’s well-trodden themes of vampirism, capitalism, Catholicism (“I kick the Pope in his arse”), judgment, retribution and his multiple identities all put in appearances, but in these circumstances forsake the same old disembodied ranting for dub-wise logic. This remarkable return to form has Lee Perry making sense, relatively speaking. (Guardian)
Tracklist:
A1 Cricket On The Moon 4:35
A2 Run Evil Spirit
A3 Let It Rain
A4 House Of Angels
A5 Makumba Rock
B1 African Starship 4:06
B2 Kill Them Dreams Money Worshippers
B3 Children Of The Light
B4 Autobiography Of The Upsetter
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